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How Do We Live A Surrendered Yes with Rebekah Lyons | Episode 111 Oct 28, 2021

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We keep talking about revival in the office, wondering if anyone is actually experiencing it right now. And when we think of who is actually experiencing rest and renewal, it’s immediately our friend, Rebekah Lyons. This episode is packed with incredible wisdom, and we’re so excited to share it with you today.

Rebekah is no stranger to the Go + Tell Gals Podcast (you can listen to her previously on the show, way back on episode 21!), and we are so grateful to have her back to share about her new devotional, A Surrendered Yes: 52 Devotions to Let Go and Let Free. Rebekah is a speaker, the host of the Rhythms for Life podcast, and a bestselling author. She shares her life honestly and vulnerably, and we are constantly blessed by her.

In this episode, we’re diving into:

How suffering actually serves us by pointing us back to our need for God,
How surrendering leads to our freedom,
How even when we insist on self-reliance, God offers mercy and compassion,
And how God delights in simply being with us.

We pray this episode encourages you today. God is mighty in you.

What if Less Actually Leads to More with Allie Casazza | Episode 110 Oct 21, 2021

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What is our physical environments are really just a reflection of what is happening inside of us? And what if it was easier - that we could actually have freedom? Allie Casazza is on a mission to eradicate the "hot mess mom" stereotype by empowering other women.

Allie began the conversation around minimalism after she struggled once having her second child. Every mom seemed to have it together, and if they didn't, "coffee 'til wine" was the mantra that was preached. Allie set out to change the narrative around motherhood and mission. Now, she offers several online courses and online communities, helping women, specifically mothers, simplify everything in their lives. In her own words, anything can be decluttered.

In this episode, we sit down with Allie to talk about:

why decluttering matters, especially in a season where we have all just spent so much time at home
how freedom is actually accessible
and how the less we have, the more content we might actually be.

We pray this episode leaves you feeling more free and ready for abundance. God is mighty in you.

How can we finish 2021 well with Jessica Honegger | Episode 109 Oct 14, 2021

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We sat down with our friend Jessica to have a sort of end-of-year check-in. Jessica Honegger is the founder and co-CEO of Noonday Collection, a wildly successful ethically-sourced, artisan-supporting jewelry and accessories company, and she shares openly and vulnerably what 2021 has looked like for Noonday. The way that she leads with confidence and with honesty is incredibly encouraging, and we just know Jessica’s wisdom with bless you.

In this conversation, we talk about:

Adjusting to a new normal as we head in 2022
Refocusing our vision, remembering that the world needs us to walk alongside it
Hearing from God
And how living on mission really means you aren’t living for the outcome.

As we all start to dream about 2022, we pray this episode gives you courage to recognize the feelings from 2021 and bravery to step into 2022, sowing seeds that will have Kingdom impact. We’re on your team, cheering you on, forever. If Team GATG can do anything for you, please let us know by emailing Brenna at podcast@goandtellgals.com. God is mighty in you today, sister.

Let's talk about balance as women of mission. | Episode 108 Oct 07, 2021

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A Google search says this: “Finding balance comes from giving time and energy to the things that build you up and give you life. And likewise, eliminating the things that bring you down and stress you out.”

But as women of mission, we cannot just eliminate what is broken - we live in a broken world with real hurts and God has called us to this place. If everyone is trying to find it - this mysterious sense of balance - maybe it’s not there.

We’re showing up to this conversation with these questions in hand:

Who decides what is balanced?
Is there a difference between worldly balance and Kingdom balance?
Was Jesus balanced?
How can we divulge ourselves of the illusion of balance to serve others?

Listen in as we start what is only the beginning of this conversion. We pray this episode frees you up from the idea of needing to have it all together. His power is made perfect in our weakness, and we get to run in that freedom today.

How to Not Save the World with Hosanna Wong | Episode 107 Sep 30, 2021

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Friends, you are in for an incredible conversation in this episode with our gal Hosanna. What does it look like to use our stories for God’s glory? Hosanna is exactly who we want to talk to to help us think through this. As Jess would say, Hosanna has the spirit of John, the Baptist, and this episode is sure to encourage and equip you today.

In this conversation, we’re diving into:

how to push past the insecurity, the fear, and the perceived inadequacy when telling our story
how to share our full selves - questions, imperfections, what you like, and what you don’t like - with the world, for the good of others and the glory of God
who the real Savior of our stories is

Hosanna is an author, pastor, and speaker, using what God has given her - a story of growing up on the streets of San Francisco to now living on mission to see lives restored by the power of Jesus - to bring hope to a broken world. She believes in your story, in the Church, and in Jesus. Hosanna shares a bit of her story in this episode, but for more, we cannot recommend her brand new book, How to Not Save the World, enough - grab it wherever books are sold!

This conversation was filled with encouragement and hope, and we pray you finish this episode spurred on to go and tell the good news. We’re so grateful for you, friends. Keep going, God is mighty in you.

How To Pray As An Offering to God with Kayla Craig | Episode 106 Sep 23, 2021

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What does it look like for our prayers to be real, honest words - not performative, but an offering to God? Our friend Kayla Craig is leading us into this conversation, and we are so grateful for her mission. We spent a good bit of this conversation with Kayla just telling her how grateful we are for her work. The ministry she is doing is both unique and necessary.

Kayla is, as we referred to her in this episode, a motherhood shepherd who is using her words to help parents navigate parenthood while leaning on God. She is a former journalist turned author. Her work began as she started writing prayers that she hoped would help us navigate parenting in an overwhelming world. Her online space, Liturgies for Parents, is an invitation to draw near to God. Her new book, To Light Their Way, releases on October 5, and we hope that you will preorder this incredible work of art.

Whether you’re a parent or not, listen in on this episode. Kayla shares incredible wisdom for anyone running on mission. We hope you enjoy this conversation. God is mighty in you.

How do women of mission handle conflict and tension online? | Episode 105 Sep 16, 2021

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While mission and running on it is absolutely what we love to talk about here, we know that there are some pain points that we all have. We want to be like the friend you FaceTime to process with, so we’re shifting a bit. Interviews with incredible women of mission will absolutely continue here, but we’re also going to dive into the hard and heavy. How can we, the women of God, keep going in some tense spaces? What’s hard about this for us, for you? We have a lot of questions and only a few answers, but we’re leaning in to create some conversation that will hopefully and prayerfully lead us to more compassion, more curiosity, and more hope in Jesus. In this episode, we’re talking all about how we, the women of mission that God is using to bring about change in the world, handle conflict and tension online. How do take care of our souls? How can we use the internet as a window to learn without crashing in the walls of our soul that do keep us safe? And how do we love people well, even when we disagree? We pray this conversation encourages and equips you today as you navigate the internet and social media today. If you love this episode, we would love to hear it! Email Brenna at podcast@goandtellgals.com to share your thoughts on this conversation. We can’t wait to hear from you!

How to Embrace Your Story – For Their Good and God's Glory with Mary Marantz | Episode 104 Sep 09, 2021

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Friends, for a conversation on embracing your story and all its dirty parts, we could think of no better gal than our friend, Mary. In this episode, we’re diving into how to push past the shame of your story to embrace the wisdom gained and the strength of God found right there. God’s power is made perfect in our weakness, and that means we can fully embrace our stories, amen?

Mary Marantz is a Yale Law School graduate and the first in her immediate family to go to college. Her newest book, Dirt, is about growing up in West Virginia, and you are absolutely going to want to grab a copy.

We pray this episode equips and encourages you to tell your story, no matter how messy. God is mighty in you, and He’s using it all for the good of others and the glory of Himself.

Episode 103: Ginny Owens Aug 19, 2021

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Gals, we are so excited to share this week’s episode with you. We sat down with the incredible, beautiful Ginny Owens for a conversation on mission and how to carry hope even when our story turns out differently than we hoped.

You probably know Ginny already as she is a woman on mission, using even her brokenness to tell of God’s glory. She’s a singer, songwriter, author, teacher, and advocate. She’s had three albums chart on Billboard, and she’s performed in diverse spaces like the White House, the SUndance Film Festival, and the National Day of Prayer. Her newest book, Singing in the Dark: Finding Hope in the Songs of Scripture, released this May, and you have got to check it out - it tells the story of her life and how God’s word both informs and changes our own lives. Be sure to grab a copy!

Listen in, and be encouraged. God is using your story. As Ginny says, “we don’t get to choose our circumstances, but we do get to choose the story that our life tells.” Let it be, God.

This episode is sponsored by our friends at BetterHelp. Our Go and Tell Gals listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/goandtellgals. Thank you, BetterHelp, for the work that you do!

Episode 102: Sharon Hodde Miller Aug 12, 2021

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If you have ever wondered if your mission actually matters, if it is actually worth it, then friend, this is the episode for you. We sat down with our friend Sharon, and her wisdom and encouragement was the exact gift we needed to hear.

If you don’t already know Sharon Hodde Miller, we’re thrilled to introduce you to her. She’s a teaching pastor, an author, a church planter, a wife, and a mom. And she has her doctorate with a focus on women in calling, so of course she’s a gal we wanted to talk to. We sat down for a conversation on what it means to be a woman in ministry, diversity within the church, using your gifts, and how the resurrection means we, too, get to die to ourselves, trusting God will use it all.

Be encouraged today. God is mighty in you, sister. Keep going!

This episode is sponsored by our friends at BetterHelp. Our Go and Tell Gals listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/goandtellgals. Thank you, BetterHelp, for the work that you do!

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